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(No ModeL) R. E. LEE.

SLEIGH.'

No. 393,988. Patented c. 4, 1888.

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ROBERT E. LEE, OF ALMONT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS TO JAMES S. JOHNSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 393,988, dated December 4, 1888.

Application tiled September 28, 1888. Serial No. 286,689. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. LEE, of Almont, in the county of Lapeer and State of Michigan, have invented a` new and useful Improvement in (.ouplings for Sleigh-Runners, of which the following' is a. specification.

My invention consists in an improvement. in couplings for sleigh-runners, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved couplingl and the two knees, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the coupling.

My invention is designed to be used in a sleigh-runner made of pipe; aad it consists of the flat plate E, stayed by the longitudinal and transverse web s l? and G, provided on its i under side with the two inclined threaded female couplings .I to receive the upper ends of the knees K at its ends, With the female I couplings I to receive the rave, and on its i upper side with the two projections I), bel tween which lies the hub B and which serves l to stay the hub and prevent it from lateral i motion. i The hub is the same as that shown in my i pending application for a patent, in which B l represents a metal thimble slotted at l), in-

closing a wooden hub, A, and fastened to the plate E by the two clips C. This construction furnishes a stronger support for the hub, permits both clips which support the hub to be secured directly to the plate, and obviates the necessity of runningbraces from the knees or runner to the outer end of the hub.

'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a. sleigh-ruimer, a webbed plate having` female couplings for the knees and rave, and having' on its upper surface projecting` ribs to steady the hub, substantially as shown and described.

In a sleigh-runner, the plate E,stre11gth ened by the wehs F and G, having the female couplings .I and I and the upward projeo tions D, in combination with the hub B, lying between the projectionsD and secured to the plate E by clip-bolts C, substantially as shown and described.

ROBERT E. LEE.

NIitnesses:

F. P. ANDRUS, R. E. LIPPINCOTT. 

